Irish Examiner view: Attitudes to ageing have to change

There will be much debate in the coming days and weeks about the State pension age, particularly as the Pensions Commission recommends delaying an increase to age 67 by seven years

President Michael D Higgins: Still energetic and a  valued contributor on the national and international stage. File picture

Club and inter-county GAA players who were part of Micheál Ó Muircheartaigh’s star-studded training sessions at University College Dublin in the 1980s reunited on Tuesday.

They had travelled from Kerry, Mayo, Monaghan, and Galway to remember old times and pay tribute to their former trainer, who was photographed among them. The legendary broadcaster is now 91 and he plays golf daily when he is in Dingle.